Johnny Cash famously shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die—or so the song Folsom Prison Blues would have you believe. Reno’s Triple-A minor league baseball team, the Aces, will pay tribute to their city’s most famous would-be murder with specialty uniforms this weekend. For one game against
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Paul Caputo is a grown man who collects plastic ice cream helmet sundaes from minor league baseball stadiums because he likes logos that much. Paul is the host of the Baseball By Design podcast and he is the author of the first book published by SportsLogos.net, The Story Behind the Nickname: The Origins of 100 Classic, Contemporary, and Wacky Minor League Baseball Team Names (also available on Kindle). He can be found on Instagram, Threads, and Bluesky at @baseballbydesign, and he maintains the Countdown to Spring Training on Facebook. Paul is a Philadelphia sports fan, but he's not so bad.
Great Lakes Loons to play as Camels
The Single-A Great Lakes Loons had their hearts set on coming up with a temporary alternate identity—after all, everyone else in the minors was doing it—but none of the current trends were really whetting their whistle. In struggling to find an appropriate alternate brand, as director of creative services Alex
Orlando Magic introduce retro uniforms, 30-year logo
The Orlando Magic will celebrate their 30th season with a commemorative logo and uniforms that evoke the franchise’s glory days, both in terms of design and the quality of the team. The just-unveiled retro uniforms recall the mid-1990s teams that featured the likes of Shaquille O’Neal, Penny Hardaway, and Dennis Scott.
Buffalo Bisons celebrate Superhero Night with Super Celery uniforms
The Triple-A Buffalo Bisons will become the second minor league baseball team to wear celery-themed uniforms this season when they take the field in Super Celery uniforms this weekend. The celery uniforms are based on a racing mascot who competed against other mascots, Chicken Wing, Atomic Wing, and Bleu Cheese,
Bowie Baysox commemorate Shark Week as the Baysharks
The Bowie Baysox, Double-A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles, take the field today as the Bowie Baysharks. The team will wear uniforms inspired by The Discovery Channel’s toothy extravaganza, Shark Week, which marked its 30th year this year. The uniforms will be auctioned off to benefit area charities. As with
Happy Little Turtles: Daytona Tortugas to hold Bob Ross Weekend
The Daytona Tortugas will kick off their upcoming “Bob Ross Weekend” with some pretty sweet specialty jerseys. The jerseys, to be worn August 10, include the Tortugas’ logo with Bob Ross’s distinctive hair, holding a paint brush instead of baseball bat, set against a nature landscape painting typical of Ross’s
RiverDogs honour beloved vendor, to play as Boiled Peanuts
The Charleston RiverDogs, Single-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, are the latest minor league baseball team to adopt a local food specialty as a temporary brand tonight. The nickname Boiled Peanuts is in part an homage to a squishy snack food that traces its roots to the 19th century
New North Alabama minor league team reveals spacey name options
When the Double-A Mobile BayBears relocate to Madison, Alabama, for the 2020 season, the franchise will take on a new nickname. We know now that the moniker will be one of the 10 listed below, which were among more than 3,300 suggestions submitted to a name-the-team contest. The name options
MiLB sets sales record, announces top 25 teams
The 160 affiliated Minor League Baseball teams sold a record $70.8 million worth of merchandise in 2017, a 3.6 percent increase over 2016’s sales numbers, which were also a record. The increased sales can be attributed in part to a growing number of rebrands, promotional uniforms, and temporary identity changes.
Myrtle Beach Pelicans promote deaf awareness with jerseys
The Myrtle Beach Pelicans, High-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs, will wear specially designed jerseys to promote deaf awareness for a game later this season. The uniforms replace the Pelicans’ traditional script with drawings of hands spelling the team name in American Sign Language. While some of the uniforms will
Minor League Team to be Named for Fried Bull, uh, Parts?
The Triple-A Colorado Springs Sky Sox are moving to San Antonio next season. The city’s baseball void will be filled by the short-season Single-A Helena Brewers, who are moving in and taking on a new name. With both the Sky Sox and the Brewers owned by the Elmore Sports Group,
Lexington Legends celebrate old time Kentucky hockey
The Lexington Legends, a Single-A minor league baseball team, will celebrate their city’s hockey heritage with special uniforms later this season. The Legends will wear jerseys that evoke Lexington’s first hockey team, the Kentucky Thoroughblades. The American Hockey League’s Thoroughblades played in Lexington from 1996 to 2001. Since then, the